So you are thinking of moving to Wigan in Greater Manchester? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Wigan is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Wigan the land of milk and honey or are Blackrod, Hindley and Ince in Makerfield a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Wigan
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of November 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Wigan. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Marylebone | 1 |
| New Springs | 1 |
| Springfield | 0 |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 0 |
| Douglas | 0 |
| Top Lock | 0 |
| Poolstock | 0 |
| Pennington Green | 0 |
| Boar’s Head | 0 |
| Red Rock | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Wigan. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Wigan. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hindley (Best) | 11128/32845 |
| Worsley Mesnes | 11418/32845 |
| Hindley Green | 15881/32845 |
| Winstanley | 16918/32845 |
| Standish with Langtree | 22082/32845 |
| Ince | 3414/32845 |
| Douglas | 4292/32845 |
| Pemberton | 6652/32845 |
| Wigan West | 7897/32845 |
| Wigan Central (Worst) | 8131/32845 |
Mawdesley. Home to every boss you hated.
Your Health in Wigan
If you are thinking of moving to Wigan, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Wigan compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wigan (Wigan) | 1.49% | 5.7% | 14.72% | 32.7% | 45.39% |
| Salford | 1.7% | 5.87% | 14.04% | 32.35% | 46.03% |
| Bolton | 1.4% | 5.23% | 14.14% | 33.88% | 45.36% |
| St. Helens | 1.79% | 6.48% | 14.94% | 31.93% | 44.85% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Wigan. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Wigan. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hindley Green (Best) | 10593/32845 |
| Standish with Langtree | 14962/32845 |
| Winstanley | 15161/32845 |
| Ince | 2389/32845 |
| Pemberton | 3756/32845 |
| Douglas | 3996/32845 |
| Wigan West | 6820/32845 |
| Hindley | 7316/32845 |
| Worsley Mesnes | 8048/32845 |
| Wigan Central (Worst) | 9888/32845 |
Buckshaw village - it's becoming a vile place to be
Deprivation in Wigan
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Wigan. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Wigan West (Best) | 10200/32845 |
| Worsley Mesnes | 11847/32845 |
| Hindley | 12457/32845 |
| Wigan Central | 13705/32845 |
| Hindley Green | 16210/32845 |
| Standish with Langtree | 24369/32845 |
| Winstanley | 24412/32845 |
| Ince | 3889/32845 |
| Pemberton | 5957/32845 |
| Douglas (Worst) | 6077/32845 |
Leigh, can you say “hor reet ****” without laughing?
Westhoughton a ******-******** town in the armpit of the North West
Leigh: A Hive of Villainy in Lesser Manchester
All this talk of Golborne in Wigan is making me feel ill…
Wigan – where hell once froze over… and then it rained constantly
Mawdesley. Home to every boss you hated.
The diseased heart of darkness that is Mawdesley
Buckshaw village – it’s becoming a **** place to be
Skelmersdale: like a ripped bin bag dumped on a pristine bowling green